What changed in AI today

• Apps built in Google AI Studio can be installed on Android phones through Play without connecting to a computer.
• The feature launched in the US on Tuesday; personal apps stay separate from the public store catalog.
• Google says sharing an app with a select group of people will be added soon.
• Google positions Play as a route to a professional developer account, with the same Trust & Safety reviews.

Why it matters for marketers: Content and marketing teams testing AI-built prototypes can now put them on Android phones without a computer, though wider sharing is still pending.

• Available now via the API in AI Studio and Gemini platform, plus Google AI Ultra and Pro subscriber access in the Gemini app.
• Introductory pricing is $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, with cached input 95% off.
• Google says Argon ranks #1 on the Vals Index, which measures performance across finance, coding, legal and tax work.
• Google reports Argon helped its own teams raise agentic code submissions by more than 35% in Antigravity.

Why it matters for marketers: Content and marketing teams using Gemini tools get a model Google positions for multi-step professional work, at a stated introductory price, though the Vals ranking is Google's own report.